The Color Digest · Compare

Settled, side by side

Stonington Gray

Benjamin Moore · HC-170

The grey that does not pick a side

Silver Metallic

Meoded · Decorative plaster

Walls that catch the candlelight

59.36
LRV
#CACBC5
Hex
#B7B4AE
202 · 203 · 197
RGB
183 · 180 · 174
Neutral
Warmth
Cool
Stonington Gray is neutral; Silver Metallic is cool.
A true light grey with a faint green-blue base; neither warm nor cold
Undertone
Warm pewter with a pearl sheen; the color changes as you move
Grays
Family
Neutrals
Historical Colors
Collection
Decorative finishes

In real rooms

Every room, each color

Stonington Gray

3 rooms
All 3 rooms

Silver Metallic

6 rooms
Design byShane & Piece
Design byShane & Piece
Design byShane & Piece
Design byShane & Piece
Design byShane & Piece
Design byShane & Piece
All 6 rooms

The difference

Read from the numbers

Stonington Gray leans neutral where Silver Metallic reads cool. Stonington Gray is a grays, Silver Metallic a neutrals.

How they read

In their own words

Stonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.

Silver Metallic is a Meoded decorative plaster rather than a flat paint — a pewter-toned finish with a pearl sheen that shifts as you move through the room. In daylight it reads as a soft warm grey; at night, with candles and lamps, it glimmers like brushed metal.

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